Presidents Day Lesson Activity: Guess the Presidents PowerPoint Game for K-3

Here's an interactive PowerPoint lesson activity for Presidents’ Day appropriate for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, or third grade. For the game, a picture of a President is hidden under rectangle shapes. Students take turns choosing a rectangle to tap or mouse click and the rectangle flies off to reveal part of the President's picture. As the picture is revealed, students guess the name of the President. The name of the President with a few fun facts are on the following page. Then another hidden picture is presented. Students have fun while learning about twelve of our U.S. Presidents. It’s perfect for Presidents’ Day!

Suggestions for implementing this game activity is included in a teacher notes section. It's easy to adapt this activity to suit different ability levels. This PowerPoint is perfect for use with a Smart Board, ActivBoard or other interactive whiteboard. But it can be used without that technology as long as you have PowerPoint and a computer.


This updated version includes current President Donald Trump.

This PowerPoint is perfect for use with a Smart Board, ActivBoard or other interactive whiteboard. But it can be used without that technology as long as you have PowerPoint and a computer.

Important for Mac users: The trigger animation used to make the rectangles respond to a tap or mouse click is not available in the Mac version of PowerPoint.

The sample images shows slides from the PowerPoint. The preview download in PowerPoint shows an example of one of the Presidents included in the game. Download it to see how the animation responds to touch or a mouse click. The "How to Play" and "Teacher Notes" pages are also included.

This version of Guess the Presidents PowerPoint Game for K-3 includes the following twelve Presidents:
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Donald Trump

Each President has two slides: one picture guessing slide and one answer/facts slide. There are a total of 30 slides in the PowerPoint, including the cover, directions, and teacher notes pages.

All of the images used in this PowerPoint are in the public domain. The font used is Century Gothic in blue on a white background.

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